Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:14:40 +0600 From: "Denis Eremenko <moonshade@pnhz.kz>" <moonshade@pnhz.kz> To: "FreeBSD gnats submit" <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Subject: docs/103700: chmod(1) man page does not mention root owned dirs exemption with suiddir Message-ID: <1159326880.23410@abyss.pnhz.kz> Resent-Message-ID: <200609270320.k8R3KIFr023768@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 103700
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: chmod(1) man page does not mention root owned dirs exemption with suiddir
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 27 03:20:17 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Denis Eremenko <moonshade@pnhz.kz>
>Release: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Sep 25 17:21:01 ALMT 2006
root@abyss.pnhz.kz:/usr/obj/data/os/FreeBSD/src/6/src/sys/ABYSS-6
>Description:
"man chmod" says nothing about root owned dirs issue with suiddir in description of 4000 mode (setuid bit). But sys/conf/NOTES does: "Root owned directories are exempt and X bits are cleared". Having this note in chmod man page would make using suiddir less confusing.
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